A Part
The strong set themselves apart
And learn to bear the cold.
The weak huddle together for warmth
And molest each other in their sleep.
What is this?
What is this life?
Life is fatal.
Fatal.
If only it were an escape...
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Talking to Myself and Nobody's Home
“How did you know?”
“How could I not know, looking down from the top of the mountain, watching and listening from such a distance as you spoke to my projection, my ghost? How could I not know as I watched you walk the path I walked, holding desperately to all the same illusions I was forced to cast aside? How could I not know that you would fall into the abyss when I knew from every question you asked and every protest you made to the truth that you perceived a bridge where there is not and never will be one? How could I expect you to make a great leap, when you made it clear that you did not expect to have to jump? In the end I had no choice but to withdraw my phantom, my oracle, my wisdom, and
Watch
You
Fall.
I fell with you that day, but I did not feel your pain. Worse—far worse: I was forced to tear open my old wounds while you licked yours, searching for a way to save us both.”
“Did you find a way?”
“NO.”
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Weakness or Strength?
When an excess of strength
Is our weakness,
We must beware
Lest we hurt ourselves
By pushing too hard.
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A Human, Becoming
Imagine a humanity where instead of relegating our beautiful, complex consciousness to a herd or pack mentality, we realized ourselves as human beings.
We should seek neither to be wolves nor sheep, but to finally define what it is to be a human being.
Or a human, becoming.
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Comments (2)
I loved the part where you said too much strength is also a weakness. A very eye opening poem
Very nice